Jiří Weiss
Directing
Jiří Weiss (29 March 1913 – 9 April 2004) was a Czech film director, screenwriter, writer, playwright and pedagogue. Jiří Weiss was born to a wealthy Jewish family in Prague. His father was a Czech patriot and named his son after Czech king Jiří of Poděbrady.His parents were Emil Weiss (1880–1942) and Martha Weissová (née Fuchsová; 1882–1944). Emil Weiss owned a liqueur factory in Libeň district. Since his youth, Jiří was an staunch communist, which was at the heart of disputes with his capitalist parents. As a young boy he was friends with Franz Kafka's niece Marianne Pollaková and thanks to her he was able to read the books of then-unknown writer Kafka in the 1920s. Weiss was interested in studying at film school, but his parents wished he studied law. While still a minor, he left his home and lived with his friend K. M. Walló [cs]. Weiss started to work as a copywriter in advertising. His father, who disagreed with his life choices and could still make decisions about his underage son, had him institutionalized in a mental hospital. Weiss never spoke to his father ever again. In his early twenties, he started working as a copywriter for the Prague branch of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. At this time, he wrote his first book – a story for children O věrné Hadimršce. He befriended leading intellectuals of the Left Front in Prague, including Vladislav Vančura and Ivan Olbracht. In 1934, Vančura invited him to be an assistant cinematographer on his movie Marijka the Faithless, based on Olbracht's book.
Known for
Directing37
movieMartha and I
1990
Director
Waterloo
1969
Director
movieMurder Czech Style
1967
Director
movie90° in the Shade
1965
Director
movieThe Golden Fern
1963
Director
movieThe Coward
1962
Director
movieThat Kind of Love
1959
Director
movieWolf Trap
1958
Director
movieA Life at Stake
1956
Director
movieVstanou noví bojovníci
1951
Director
Days of Joy
1951
Director
Píseň o sletu – II. část – Bratři a sestry
1949
Director
Wild Beasts
1948
Director
movieThe Stolen Border
1947
Director
movieBefore the Raid
1944
Director
movie100,000,000 Women
1942
Director
movieSong of Ruthenia
1937
Director
movieMarijka the Unfaithful
1934
Assistant Director Trainee
Writing36
movieMartha and I
1990
Screenplay
movieMurder Czech Style
1967
Story, Screenplay
movie90° in the Shade
1965
Screenplay, Story
movieThe Golden Fern
1963
Screenplay
Promiňte, omyl!
1963
Screenplay
movieThe Coward
1962
Screenplay
movieRomeo, Juliet and Darkness
1960
Screenplay
movieThat Kind of Love
1959
Screenplay
movieWolf Trap
1958
Story, Screenstory
movieThe Girl Robinson Crusoe
1957
Screenplay
movieA Life at Stake
1956
Screenplay
moviePunta and the Four-Leaf Clover
1955
Screenplay
movieVstanou noví bojovníci
1951
Creative Producer, Screenstory
V trestném území
1951
Creative Producer
Days of Joy
1951
Screenplay
The Last Shot
1950
Creative Producer
Pan Habětín odchází
1949
Creative Producer
Píseň o sletu – II. část – Bratři a sestry
1949
Screenplay
movieConscience
1949
Creative Producer
movieKřížová trojka
1949
Creative Producer
Wild Beasts
1948
Screenplay
movieO ševci Matoušovi
1948
Creative Producer
movieVes v pohraničí
1948
Creative Producer
movieNevíte o bytě?
1947
Creative Producer
movieThe Stolen Border
1947
Screenplay
Acting2
movieThat Kind of Love
1959
Concert attendant
Editing2
Camera1
movieMarijka the Unfaithful
1934
Camera Trainee